The Importance of Eating Breakfast - The Hungry Bride

by Sarah De Heer, Posted Sep 24th 2009 @ 5:00PM

Photo: StephenMitchell, Flickr.

I've heard of brides getting so overwhelmed and busy the day of the wedding that they actually forget to eat. I found this notion pretty hard to believe until I started participating in weddings myself. All of a sudden you're rushing to get into a car to go to your hair appointment, then there's makeup, then you have to put on your dress and be ready for photos at a certain time. Before you know it, you're sitting down to the first course and your first meal of the day; and even then, you're busy making sure the bride has everything she needs.

With that said, I couldn't let this happen to me or my bridesmaids. The solution: have breakfast catered in my hotel room where everyone will be getting ready. Platters of fruit, danishes and croissants, along with yogurt and homemade granola, should please everyone. Even if the girls don't have time to formally sit down at the table and eat, they can grab a yogurt and eat it while they're having their hair done. The wedding day is long and arduous. The more energy we all have, the less cranky and more pleasant it will be for everyone.

Did you eat the day of your wedding? If not, was it because of the lack of time or were you too nervous? For those of you who have been bridesmaids, what would your ideal wedding-day snacks be? Let me know in the comments.

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9-24-2009 @5:37PM Darlene said... Absolutely forgot to eat UNTIL the wedding reception which consisted of a taco bar and cupcakes for dessert.

I was so weak the next day because of lack of sleep and food, I could not leave my bed until noon to say good bye to my guests. So lesson learned, eat and rest!
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9-24-2009 @11:51PM thefishie said... I am one of those who "forgot" to eat. I had a very strong reminder of it the instant we got in the car to head off to the airport. Thankfully a smart family member packed some sandwiches and some of the wedding cake in a to-go box for our ride to the airport! That really was the best cake ever!
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9-25-2009 @8:00AM Angela said... I applaud you for thinking of your wedding party like this! The last time I was a bridesmaid, the bride had us getting our hair done at 9 a.m. (for a 6 p.m. ceremony) and had activities planned for us all day--which did not include food. Finally, around 4 p.m., the bride had her uncle get McD's cheeseburgers for all of us (some of whom were vegetarians). It was not ideal, and a healthy, catered meal would have been wonderful!
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9-25-2009 @9:36AM Erin said... What a great idea to have a catered breakfast and very generous of you. I must say I had a great bride when I was a bridesmaid last month who made sure that us bridesmaids were well fed - with a mandatory stop at Subway (the brides favourite fast food place) after we got our hair and makeup done. Ideal snack/food would be something light - nobody wants a heavy meal trying to settle in their stomach while walking down the aisle and taking pictures.
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9-25-2009 @9:40AM ghanima said... I had a destination wedding, everybody in attendance treated it just like any other day on the resort, with the key difference of having an event to attend at dusk. The reception, when we returned, was an evening affair as well, and we provided food for everyone who came to help out early.

I think I must have learned my lesson from the "always a bridesmaid" time of my existence, during which dinner was often the first food any of us were provided. After having seen exhausted, underfed fellow bridesmaids having to go home *during* dinner (with migraines and/or nausea) just because they'd been pushed too far, I chose not to go that route.
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9-25-2009 @7:07PM Tracy said... I didn't eat until around Midnight the night of the wedding. My hair dresser was coming to my apartment to put my hair up, called and woke me up to say she was on her way at 7:00 AM, never showed. At 11:00 I was calling every Hair Cuttery in the area to see if anyone could do an updo without notice. I was all alone, my mom needed to take care of her dogs, my sister was 9 months pregnant and my bridesmaids were all in NJ where we were getting married (I was still in PA where we lived). I got caught in a traffic accident going to the wedding and was very late which made pictures late and us late to the reception (they seated everyone and then started serving as soon as we got there). We had no time to eat before we were stuck, talking to people (mostly family we didn't know and never saw again) and
by the time we got to our table the food was already removed. I never even tasted the cake. (My inlaws took the top home to save in their freezer for us but they ended up eating it all that night when they got home) By the time we got back to our apartment every pizza place was closed and I had nothing in the place to eat. We finally found a place out of our delivery area who felt sorry for us and sent us a pizza. You are brilliant having breakfast for everyone, being terribly hungry is not a memory you want from your wedding.
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